Georgia Review ‘throws great parties’
In honor of the seasonal renewal of life, the Georgia Review literary magazine has chosen to commemorate the release of its spring issue on Earth Day at the Botanical Gardens.
Poetry and music will mingle with flowers and wine to help celebrate the newest issue of this quarterly magazine that has been publishing since 1947.
The Georgia Review has a long history of bringing top-notch literary works to the masses and also helping unknown writers get published for the first time.
“I have held the Georgia Review close to my heart ever since 1980 when Stan Lindberg took one of the first poems I ever wrote,” said Alice Friman, a poet who will be featured in the spring issue and who is one of the main poets for the release party.
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
When: 5:30 today
Where: State Botanical Garden
“The Georgia Review asked me to participate, to read other poems in the issue as well as my own. I’m fortunate to have a poem in this issue, ‘Rock-a-Bye,’ a poem on the surface about trees,” Friman said.
Terry Rowlett, a painter who now resides in Athens, also is no stranger to the Georgia Review.
“Ten years ago they featured my work, fortunately I got to be one of the people spot-lighted [for the celebration],” Rowlett said.
The release party will follow the theme of “Focus on Culture and the Environment.”
Friman was inspired by the theme well before she was invited to the party.
“I write about trees often because I live in the midst of a forest and watch how they change with every season and every breath. Indeed, I am surrounded by them,” Friman said.
“I have always been politically and socially aware. I very willfully chose my style of human and nature interactions,” Rowlett said. “In the art world, there seems to be a lacking of any references to [this] interaction.”
Rowlett will have four or five paintings on display at the Botanical Gardens. He also will speak about his artwork after the poetry readings.
“I haven’t ever been to a Review release party, but I think it will be a great time,” Rowlett said.
And Friman is a veteran to celebrating: “The Georgia Review throws great parties. The crew is famous for them.”
